Preston look set to be as they were last time out when they host Swansea in the Sky Bet Championship on Tuesday.Ryan Lowe’s men appeared to come through Saturday’s 2-1 victory over Middlesbrough without picking up any fresh injury problems.Defender Patrick Bauer (appendix) and on-loan forward Troy Parrott (hamstring) remain unavailable.North End are currently 10th in the Championship...Full Story »

France and Juventus star Paul Pogba has suffered a setback in his road to recovery from injury, according to reports. The season to date, of course, has proven nothing short of a nightmare for midfielder Pogba. This comes with the 29-year-old, since securing a return to Serie A with Juventus as a free agent, having failed to take to the pitch even once. Instead, a meniscus injury suffered dur...Full Story »

Arsenal and Newcastle have entered the race to sign Championship forward Ben Brereton Diaz. Diaz is set to be out of contract at the end of the season. The Chilean attacker is attracting interest from a host of clubs, and Blackburn are reportedly willing to risk him leaving on a free transfer and won’t sell him in January, according to The Sun. It’s an interesting strategy from Bla...Full Story »

Erik ten Hag says Manchester United will look at David De Gea's contract situation during the break for the World Cup. The goalkeeper has a deal until the end of the season while the club also have an option to extend it by another 12 months. De Gea was instrumental in the 1-0 win over West Ham on Sunday, making three key saves in the second half, and despite speculation over his long-term fut...Full Story »

Giovanni van Bronckhorst believes Rangers’ thumping 4-1 home win over Aberdeen sets them up for a final tilt at a Champions League victory when Ajax visit Ibrox.The Light Blues went into the cinch Premiership match on the back of a comprehensive 3-0 defeat by Napoli on Wednesday night which meant five Group A defeats out of five.The home side started with purpose but Connor Barron drove th...Full Story »

Newcastle boss Eddie Howe championed Callum Wilson’s World Cup dream after seeing him score twice in front of England boss Gareth Southgate.Southgate was among the crowd at St James’ Park as one of the men hoping to force their way into the squad for Qatar turned in a fine individual display in a 4-0 Premier League win over Aston Villa.Wilson’s nerveless penalty deep into first...Full Story »

Callum Wilson scored twice in front of England boss Gareth Southgate to boost his World Cup hopes as Newcastle romped to a 4-0 victory over Aston Villa.The striker converted a penalty in first-half stoppage time and then added a second-half header before Joelinton followed up his shot to make it 3-0.Miguel Almiron’s sixth goal in as many games wrapped up the scoring on an afternoon when th...Full Story »

Morton beat Inverness 4-0 to leapfrog them into second place in the cinch Championship.Robbie Muirhead gave Morton a flying  start with the opening goal after just six minutes when Mark Ridgers failed to deal with his shot and the ball squirmed over the line.Inverness fell further behind six minutes later when Max Ram bundled over Efe Ambrose at a corner.Ridgers saved Grant Gillespie’...Full Story »

There will be a double whammy of punishments for Antonio Conte at Tottenham following his last-minute red card in the draw against Sporting CP. WHAT HAPPENED? Tottenham players, staff and supporters were incensed when Harry Kane's 95th-minute winner was chalked off for offside by the referee following a VAR check lasting what felt like ages. Conte led the remonstrations from his technical are...Full Story »

Barcelona have been eliminated from the Champions League after Inter beat Viktoria Plzen to ensure they join Bayern Munich in the round of 16. · Barca stuck in third place after Inter win· Catalans drop into Europa League· Upset financially devastating for BarcaWHAT HAPPENED? An Edin Dzeko double and goals from Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Romelu Lukaku saw Inter beat the Czech team ...Full Story »

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp stressed qualifying for the Champions League knockout stages should never be taken for granted after his side secured a last-16 spot with a 3-0 win at Ajax.Having survived a number of attempts on goal by the hosts, which included Steven Berghuis rattling the woodwork early on, the Reds went ahead in the 42nd minute at the Johan Cruyff Arena via Mohamed Salah’s f...Full Story »

Rangers’ sobering Champions League campaign continued on its downward trajectory with a 3-0 defeat to Napoli in the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona.A 7-1 loss by Liverpool at Ibrox in their last Group A outing had shocked the Light Blues and their fans and it looked ominous when striker Giovanni Simeone scored twice in the first 16 minutes for the dominant home side.The second half was ...Full Story »

Liverpool qualified for the Champions League last 16 after defeating Ajax 3-0 at the Johan Cruyff Arena thanks to goals from Mohamed Salah, Darwin Nunez and Harvey Elliott.Having had their woodwork rattled early on by Steven Berghuis, the Reds went ahead in the 42nd minute via Salah’s finish.The fit-again Nunez hit a post soon after, before extending the visitors’ lead with a 49th-mi...Full Story »

The star attacking trio each found the net to put the hosts up 3-0 inside just 35 minutes. Messi then produced another sumptuous finish just before the interval to complete an eye-catching first-half attacking display. There was little letup in the second half, with Mbappe curling in for his second before an own goal from Maccabi's Sean Goldberg and a seventh goal, by substitute Carlos Soler, c...Full Story »

Manchester United are set to face competition from Tottenham in the race to sign England international Tammy Abraham. Abraham left the Premier League last year in search of regular first-team football after Chelsea brought in Romelu Lukaku rather than giving the young striker a chance. As Lukaku flopped on his return to Chelsea, Abraham flourished at Roma, and a return to the Premier League ...Full Story »

Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou claimed it was always going to be difficult for his side to make a Champions League impact after a home draw with Shakhtar Donetsk consigned them to a bottom-place finish.The Scottish champions needed to win to keep alive their hopes of entering the Europa League knockout stages and Giorgos Giakoumakis swept them into the lead 38 minutes into a tight first half.Ho...Full Story »

Kai Havertz’s brilliant second-half goal earned Chelsea a 2-1 win at RB Salzburg which booked their place in the Champions League knockout stages. The Germany international curled in a stunning effort midway through the second half to decide a testing evening in Austria and extend Graham Potter’s unbeaten start to his Blues reign to nine games. The Premier League side had gone ah...Full Story »

Juventus coach Max Allegri insists their Champions League hopes aren't over. Juve need victory at Benfica on Tuesday to keep their round of 16 hopes alive. "We are not in Europa League and we are not out of the Champions League yet. We'll try to have an opportunity," Allegri said at a press conference. "Benfica have destiny in their hands, even if they lose tomorrow. Tomorrow we need a perf...Full Story »

Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti admits full commitment from his players ahead of facing Champions League opponents RB Leipzig. The Italian spoke about the approaching World Cup and the caution regarding the physical condition of the players, but sent a strong message to those players who are worried about injuries. "Injuries exist in the world of football. If you don't want to get injured,...Full Story »

Ruben Loftus-Cheek has admitted that going to the World Cup would be huge for him, but will not let a possible call-up distract him from club duties. WHAT HAPPENED? Loftus-Cheek was in Gareth Southgate's 2018 World Cup squad and started three games in Russia. A turbulent four years has followed, but the midfielder is finding form at just the right time ahead of the showpiece event next month ...Full Story »